The day of March 18th was decisive for the world of oil: the Sol d'Oro 2024 competition took place, which, now in its 22nd edition, awarded the best extra virgin olive oils in eight different categories, each dedicated to a specific class: Light fruity, Medium fruity, Intense fruity, Dop-Igp, Biological, Monovarietal e Absolute Beginners. Furthermore, this year a new category has been added, namely that of Big Producers, which aims to recognize and reward the activity carried out by large manufacturing companies.
Italy was undoubtedly the protagonist of the match: victory earned after a fierce match played against the historic opponent Spain. The international participation was in fact very strong, with 11 countries competing, each with their own EVO oils to present, for a total of 450 samples also coming from France, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia .
The awards ceremony includes three medals for each category (Sol d'Oro, Sol d'Argento and Sol di Bronzo): Italian producers from Puglia, Lazio, Sicily, Sardinia, Umbria, Campania, Trentino rose to the top step of the podium and Tuscany. It was one who tasted and classified all the samples presented at Sol D'Oro 2024 jury of experts composed of Italian and international panelists from China, Japan, Tunisia and Slovenia, led by Marino Giorgetti.
The «Sol d'Oro Challenge 2024» award, an award that rewards the best overall performance, went to the Americo Quattrociocchi company, a producer from Terracina (Latina), which also won free participation in the 2025 edition of SOL .
The official awards ceremony will take place on the occasion of the 28th edition of SOL, scheduled by 14 17 to April in conjunction with Vinitaly, and will be held on Sunday 14 April, in the Sala Vivaldi, at the Palaexpo.
And this will not be the only flagship event: a "walking around tasting" of the winners of the Sol d'Oro 2024 is also planned, an unmissable event for operators who have the opportunity to tell the public about their product and story behind it. Furthermore, the extra virgin oils that have won a medal will also be the protagonists of guided tastings and pairings with particular dishes, which highlight extra virgin olive oil as the main ingredient of each composition.
The official ranking of the winners of Sol D'Oro 2024, divided by categories:
For the category "Medium fruity"
Sol d'Oro: “Schinosa la coratina”, Martino sas farms, Trani (BT) – Puglia
Sol d'Argento: “Dominus cosecha temprana”, Monva sl, Mancha Real (Jaèn) – Spain
Sol di Bronzo: “Green”, Miceli & Sensat organic farm, Monreale (PA) – Sicily
For the category "Intense fruity"
Sol d'Oro: “M. elodia”, Severini ss agricultural estate, Mottafollone (CS) – Calabria
Sol d'Argento: “Cetrone novolio extra virgin olive oil”, Alfredo Cetrone farm, Sonnino (LT) – Lazio
Sol di Bronzo: “Mimì”, Donato Donserva Agricultural Company, Modugno (BA) – Puglia
For the category "Biological"
Sol d'Oro: “Organic Viride coratina”, Marsicani Nicolangelo, Morigerati (SA) – Campania
Sol d'Argento: “Classico”, Americo Quattrociocchi, Terracina (LT) – Lazio
Sol di Bronzo: “Finca la torre selection hojiblanca”, aceites finca la torre slu, Bobadilla – (Màlaga) – Spain
For the category "PDO-PGI"
Sol d'Oro: “Uliva – dop Garda Trentino”, agricultural Riva del Garda sca, Riva del Garda (TN) -Trentino
Sol d'Argento: “El empiedro – dop priego de Cordoba”, sca olivarera la purìsima,
Priego de còrdoba (Còrdoba) – Spain
Sol di Bronzo: “Riserva Castel Vecchio Tuscan IGP”, Frantoio Franci, Montenero d'Orcia (GR) – Tuscany
For the category "Monovarietal"
Sol d'Oro: “Alphabetum”, masoni becciu by deidda valentina, Villacidro (VS) – Sardinia
Sol d'Argento: “Olivastro”, Americo Quattrociocchi, Terracina (LT) – Lazio
Sol di Bronzo: “Luma selection”, Lamacupa Agricultural Company, Corato (BA) – Puglia
For the category "Absolute Beginners"
Sol d'oro: “Europa”, by Girolamo Massimiliano, Sonnino (LT) – Lazio
Sol d'argento: “Federicus II”, ruggiero mario, terlizzi (BA) – Puglia
Bronze sol: “Canale”, ranchino oil mill, Orvieto (TR) – Umbria
For the category "Big Producers"
Golden Plaque: “Monini organic monocultivar coratina – extra virgin olive oil”, Monini spa, Spoleto (PG) – Umbria
Silver Plaque: “Rincon de la Subbètica – dop priego de còrdoba”, Almazaras de la Subbètica, Carcabuey (Còrdoba) – Spain
Bronze plaque: “Don Gioacchino”, Sabino Leone, Canosa di Puglia (BT) – Puglia
